Comments on: Windows 7 64 bit on Dell XPS M1210

By: Juan Gonzalez

Juan Gonzalez — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:19:05 +0000

Hi I have just installed win 7 64 bit and my cd drive is not reading cd’s dvd’s cd rw and dvd rw. Is there a driver for the SONY DVD RW DW-Q58A ATA Device that I need to download? if so where can i find it?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:43:47 +0000

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

By: Dr Emmett Brown

Dr Emmett Brown — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:45:05 +0000

Thanks for all the M1210 driver tips. With x64 it’s like a whole new machine.

Here’s one for you: You can install the Logitech QuickCam app in W7×64 by navigating to the dell->drivers->R151795->QuickCam->x64 directory (where the R151795 pkg from Dell unpacked). Then just right-click on the QuickCam.msi file and select Install.

That’ll bypass the OS check in the higher-level script and the cam then works just like it did under Vista.

Of course, make sure that you’ve already installed the camera drivers first though.

Thanks again,
Doc

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:26:33 +0000

Shaad,

The graphics card in these laptops only have 64mb of dedicated video memory. The remaining 192mb is shared with your main system memory, using NVIDIA’s TurboCache technology to boost performance in 3D applications. Windows 7 is showing you the hard value of your available video ram, and not adding the shared ram. This will not impact your GPU’s performance negatively.

By: juice

juice — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:48:48 +0000

yep the 1210m IS a 64m graphic card with 750m ON RAM (-:
(this was a ripoff from dell for the price … but still it works ;;;

By: Clarence

Clarence — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:27:42 +0000

I run Windows 7 on my XPS M1210, maxed. 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB, 500GB HDD. and I’m to experience sudden shut off of my laptop when it’s in the 60-70% battery range. I read somewhere that it could be due to heating but haven’t anymore information than that.

By: Uwe

Uwe — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:35:36 +0000

Hi,

back in December I set up a new workstation with Win7 x64. I must say that I really like it. So I am now thinking upgrading my XPS m1210 to Win7. While surfing the web I found this blog with a lot of helpful information. Thanks for that!

Still, there is something I am thinking about after reading all the posts… although the Win7 Upgrade Advisor says that 2 gigs RAM are enough for Win7 x64 I am not convinced that it is really sufficient to work smoothly, especially when working with Photoshop etc. Looking back at Microsoft’s past recommendations for memory I have the feeling that I should have more memory installed than the minimum recommendation.

So there would be several options (I have 2×1 = 2 gigs installed right now):
1) either upgrade to 4 gigs with the drawback that I can’t use the full 4 gigs.
2) live with 2 gigs and probably install Win7 32bit.
3) upgrade to 3 gigs replacing one of the RAM modules by a 2 gig module and install either 32 or 64 bit Win7

What would you say is the best choice? Or shall I go for x64 with only 2 gigs installed?

Thanks, Uwe

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:24:03 +0000

I have xps 1210, just installed windows 7 and a new hard drive, I can’t get it to reg, says I did a Clean install, and I did, had vista on old hard drive, crashed… how can I get it to reg the upgrade #…???it only let me install 32 not 64 bit… any help would be gret!

thank you…

By: mgm

mgm — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:45:14 +0000

hi,

Thanks for all the useful information here, just finished installing Win7 x64 on XPS M1210.

a quick guide for people who *want* logitech software:

1. download R151795 from the Dell site.
2. double click and run it, it will extract the archive to “C:\dell\drivers\R151795″, setup will autorun and break operation as our version is not supported.

// below is how you make it ‘work’

3.a.open the file “C:\dell\drivers\R151795\Setup.ini” with notepad and go to **YOUR** O/S section.

3.b.for example I use Win7 64-bit, therefore I scrolldown to [OS64] part.

if you use 32-bit (obviously) you should go to the top one [OS32]

and find “MaxVersion” key.

3.c.change it. I’m on Win7 as I said, so it is windows version 6.1, therefore if I change the MaxVersion value to 7.0.9000 as shown below, installation wizard just works:

“MaxVersion=7.0.9000″

4. restart installation using setup.exe

5. restart the PC & enjoy logitech software

thx

By: shaad

shaad — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:34:27 +0000

im havin a XPS M1210. after uppgrd to windows 7 my VGA shows only a 64mb graphic memory. ny way to make it to old value of 256mb? any one have a idea?